Greenhouse Gas Inventory Compilation for Wentworth Institute of Technology's President's Climate Commitment
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: In June 2007 the President of Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) signed the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).The support activities of the environmental club, now called the Green team, were the key factors in getting the President to sign this commitment.The Green Team, first established 15 years ago, has been very involved on campus promoting and carrying out a wide variety of sustainability efforts.The Green Team is structured into two committees.One focuses on recycling and one focuses on sustainability.Both committees develop new, innovative ideas to help improve campus wide sustainability efforts.The Green Team received the award for the Best Student Organization Executive Board in 2008.Within three years of signing the ACUPCC, WIT is required to create a Comprehensive Action Plan (CAP) with a future completion date and interim milestone dates for becoming carbon neutral.The starting point for this plan is the completion of a comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory of the Wentworth Campus.The Green Team was recruited to complete this inventory and conduct other support activities such as Recyclemania to facilitate the completion of the CAP.Recyclemania is a national recycling competition with the goal of raising student awareness of sustainability issues and increasing campus recycling efforts.
Author: Peter Salvatore
Institution: Wentworth Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4409109477